When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley on December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last human being to leave footprints in lunar dust. He and geologist Harrison Schmitt had ...

Moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as had been thought, with a new experiment showing that the typical air pollution on a busy street is more toxic than inhaling lunar dust. "The results ...

What health risks do lunar dust pose for human astronauts? This is what a recent study published in Life Sciences in Space Research hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the impacts ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest lunar mysteries.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Fritz, a dust-mitigation researcher at Johnson Space Center, pours simulated lunar dust into a bed tray for testing hardware ...

What steps can be taken to reduce the risks of lunar dust for future astronauts? This is what upcoming research funded by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

Forty years ago today, Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, climbed back up the ladder of his lunar module and took off from the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley — thus ending America’s lunar program.

HOUSTON—An Australian research effort using lunar dust simulants has found that Moon dust may not be as harmful to the lungs of future Artemis astronauts as was thought since respiratory issues ...

When spacecraft land on the moon, their engines unleash huge clouds of dust and debris that can damage expensive equipment and threaten future lunar bases. As space agencies plan to establish a ...

For centuries, astronomers have watched brief, unexplained flashes light up the lunar surface, a phenomenon so persistent and ...